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Search Our DatabaseWelcome to the Benton County Historical Society & Museum
Preserving the stories, artifacts, and heritage of Benton County, Minnesota since 1949.
📅 Today in History
United States
• 1800 Indiana Territory organized
• 1914 US Congress establishes mother's day
Minnesota
• Minnesota designated an official state fire museum in 2023.
• The monarch became Minnesota’s state butterfly in 2000.
Benton County
• Sauk Rapids was surveyed and platted in 1854.
• Another influenza outbreak hit Benton County in early 1919.